List of communities, development links, JSoC, events, (un)conferences, forums/ meetup groups, NEWS, social networks, etc..

+ [COMMUNITY](#community)
+ [CONFERENCES](#conferences)
   + [JuliaCon](#juliacon)
   + [Julia User Groups](#julia-user-groups)
+ [JSoC](#jsoc)
+ [NEWS](#news)
   + [Blogs](#blogs)
   + [Media](#media)
      + [Yellow Press](#yellow-press)

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# COMMUNITY
The Julia [community](http://julialang.org/community/) is distributed over various communication mediums. Smaller Special Interest Groups (SIGs) have their own mailing lists and github orgs, linked in the respective sections. You can join them on:
+ IRC :: [#julia](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=julia) channel on irc.freenode.net for live chats, and
+ Mailing lists :: 
   + [julia-users](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!forum/julia-users) : Community support for programming discussions.
   + [julia-dev](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!forum/julia-dev) : For core development discussions
   + [julia-jobs](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/julia-jobs) : Post Julia jobs here.

__NEWS from social networking communities, QA sites and Twitter.__
+ [Julia page at Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_%28programming_language%29).
+ [Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/Julia/)
+ [Stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/julia-lang)
+ [Julialang news on Twitter](https://twitter.com/julialang_news)

### Contributing to Julia core development
To contribute to the Julia language, read the [how-to contribute](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) page, the sections on [continuous integration](https://github.com/svaksha/Julia.jl/blob/master/Build-Automation.md#continuous-integration) and [git hooks](https://github.com/svaksha/Julia.jl/blob/master/Build-Automation.md#git-hooks) and the links to (open) BUGS on Github:
+ [Documentation bugs](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Adoc).
+ The [up for grabs](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/labels/up%20for%20grabs) label on Github. _PS: Not all the bugs tagged thus are meant for newbies to programming_.
+ [Bug #9493](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9493) for more comprehensive test coverage. Check out the [coveralls](https://coveralls.io/r/timholy/julia) page for a quickview of ToDo tests.
+ IainNZ lists [Ways to contribute to the Julia ecosystem](https://github.com/IainNZ/ContributeToJulia)

__For development news, see the following links :__
+ [NEWS](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/NEWS.md) :: Track the Julia release notes, changes, new language features, library improvements,...
+ [2014 GSoC project ideas page](http://julialang.org/gsoc/2014/). [Add the project ideas with a brief description, then make pull request](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julialang.github.com/blob/master/gsoc/2014/index.md). 
+ [ThisWeekInJulia](http://thisweekinjulia.github.io) :: A blog detailing major updates and changes to the Julia language.

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# CONFERENCES
__The official Julia conference, and local meetup groups located around the world.__

## [JuliaCon](https://github.com/JuliaCon)
+ [JuliaCon 2015](http://juliacon.org/) will be held from 2015June24-28 at the MIT Stata Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The code running it is at [juliacon.github.io](https://github.com/JuliaCon/juliacon.github.io). [Registration page](http://juliacon.eventbrite.com/).
+ 2014Jun26-27, Chicago, Illinois. 

## [Julia User Groups](http://julia.meetup.com)

### Asia-INDIA
+ [Bangalore](http://www.meetup.com/Bangalore-JULIA-User-Group/) Julia User Group.

### Asia-JAPAN 
+ [Tokyo Julia User Group](http://juliatokyo.connpass.com/event/6891/)

### Asia-SINGAPORE
+ 2015June05 :: Tutorial on High Performance Cloud Computing Technologies: Julia & OpenTuner, Alan Edelman, Saman P. Amarasinghe, and Jiahao Chen. [Register here](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tutorial-on-high-performance-cloud-computing-technologies-julia-opentuner-tickets-4866645267)

### [Oceania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania)-AUSTRALIA
+ [Sydney JUG](http://www.meetup.com/Sydney-Julia-User-Group/)

### Europe-AUSTRIA
+ [Vienna Julia Meetup Group](http://www.meetup.com/Vienna-Julia-Meetup).

### Europe-SWITZERLAND
+ [Zurich Julia User Group](http://www.meetup.com/Zurich-Julia-User-Group/)

### Europe-UK
+ [London Julia User Group](http://www.meetup.com/London-Julia-User-Group/)

### NorthAmerica-CANADA
+ [Ottawa JUG](http://www.meetup.com/Ottawa-Julia-Meetup/), Ontario.
+ [Vancouver JUG](http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Julia-Users/), British Columbia.

### NorthAmerica-MEXICO
+ [México City](http://www.meetup.com/julialang-mx/), Mexico.

### NorthAmerica-USA
**CA**
+ [Bay Area](http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Julia-Users/) Julia Users Group.
+ [Southern California](http://www.meetup.com/Southern-California-Julia-Users/) JUG.

**GA**
+ [Atlanta](http://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-Julia-Users-Group/) Julia Users Group.

**IL**
+ [Chicago](http://www.meetup.com/JuliaChicago/) Julia Meetup group.

**MA**
+ [Cambridge Area Julia Users Network (C.A.J.U.N.)](http://www.meetup.com/julia-cajun/)

**NC**
+ [Triangle Julia Users](http://www.meetup.com/Triangle-Julia-Users/), Raleigh.

**NY**
+ [NYC](http://www.meetup.com/NYC-Julia-User-Group/) Julia User Group.

### SouthAmerica-BRAZIL
+ [Campinas](http://www.meetup.com/Campinas-Julia-Language-Meetup/) meetup group.
+ [Rio de Janeiro](http://www.meetup.com/Rio-de-Janeiro-Julia-Meetup/) JUG.
+ [Sao Paulo](http://www.meetup.com/Sao-Paulo-Julia-Meetup/) meetup group.

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### JSoC
+ __Program__:: Julia Summer of Code (JSoC) will run from 2015Jun15-Sep15 and the projects will be similar in scope and nature to that of GSoC. It is open to anyone willing to commit three months to a project, although preference will be given to students. If you have a project you'd like to propose, write up an description and send an email to juliasoc@googlegroups.com for feedback and approval. See the thread on the [user group](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/julia-users/bolLGcSCrs0) and the [blog post](http://julialang.org/blog/2015/05/jsoc-cfp/).
+ __FinAid__:: Compensation is similar to GSoC - USD5500.00
+ __Deadline__:: 2015Jun01.

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# NEWS

### Blogs
+ [Why becoming a data scientist is NOT actually easier than you think](https://medium.com/cs-math/5b65b548069b), and the [HN thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4658391).

### Media
+ 2015-11-15 :: HN post on [Julia Computing Granted $600k by Moore Foundation](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10565940). 
+ [Why the creators of the Julia programming language just launched a startup](http://venturebeat.com/2015/05/18/why-the-creators-of-the-julia-programming-language-just-launched-a-startup/).
+ 2014-01-23 :: Evan Miller's ["Why I’m Betting on Julia"](http://www.evanmiller.org/why-im-betting-on-julia.html) blog post hits [Hackernews](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7109982 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7109982)
+ 2014-02-28 :: Emmett O'Ryan's asks if [Julia is the Future for Big Data Analytics?](http://news.dice.com/2014/02/28/julia-future-big-data-analytics/).
+ 2014-03-12 :: [Interview with the Julia language creators in The Programmer magazine (Chinese)](http://www.csdn.net/article/2014-03-12/2818732)
+ 2013 : [Viral Shah's interview](http://analyticsindiamag.com/interview-viral-shah-co-creator-of-julia/)

##### Yellow Press 
+ A [Wired article on Julia](http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2014/02/julia/) gets some pushback from scientific programmers [for not getting the basics right](http://scientopia.org/blogs/goodmath/2014/02/04/everyone-stop-implementing-programming-languages-right-now-its-been-solved/), which [was again published in the UK version with a new title, but retained the old article](http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-02/04/julia).


